N 493 Aspen University Successful Project Presentation Discussion
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POST#1
I know all of us are going to have different best practices, and a successful project presentation needs to be catered to the age and educational level of the target audience. Successful project implementation begins with a clear idea of what we want to accomplish. For my project, I want to establish proper hygiene techniques to grade school children from third to fifth grade. Most of the project revolves around hand washing, there will also be a small segment that addresses covering coughs and sneezes. Collaboration is another facet of a successful project. Considering that I will do this project alone, I had the opportunity to collaborate with the parents and some other fringe healthcare workers who donated some supplies to the project.
Since I am presenting to kids, a timeline is important because they have short attention spans, and I will need to keep them engaged. Hands-on activities are also important to keep them not only engaged but eager to participate in the presentation. My main goal is to teach them proper hand washing without it seeming like it is a boring lesson. Another goal is to stay within the lesson by going off on a tangent. The target audience will stray and lose interest.
Asking the kids to draw a picture of a bacteria or virus will keep them engaged enough to begin the next phase of “how they are spread.” A clear but simple explanation will decide how engaged they are before starting the actual hand washing and hand sanitizing activities. The activities will be a kind of return demonstration to help me assess exactly what they understand about the hand washing process. There will be little gifts and prizes for all the kids, not just those who do the best. An ending question and answer session at the end will be helpful to me in evaluating how well the presentation was received and if it helped reinforce their prior knowledge of hand hygiene.
Having a backup plan is also important because my project will take place at a park and if there is bad weather, I have made arrangements to move to an indoor area at this park. The best practices for my project are:
Goal- Controlling the spread of infection with hand hygiene and covering coughs and sneezes
Assess- target audience’s age, educational levels, and barriers to learning
Plan- project with hands-on activities
- Backup Plan- in case of weather problems
Simplicity- assure the lesson is simple enough to keep the kids engaged
- Activities- hand washing, hand sanitizing, and covering coughs and sneezes
Prizes- hand sanitizers, gel soaps, certificates
- Questions and Answer- ending questions to the children to see if they answer correctly which helps evaluate the success of the project
Reference
- Technology, R. (2021, December 24). 8 Best Practices for a Successful Project Implementation. Medium. https://rapidfork.medium.com/8-best-practices-for-…
POST#2
- As we have been reading about the rules of presenting our community education project to our target audience, it seems evident that we have gotten to know who these people are, their backgrounds, their interest, their needs, their fears and to some extent their health conditions that we believe need to be addressed. One thing I have been worry and mentioned before is the potential language barrier, due to the fact that a great portion of my audience who seeks free medical help are immigrants who cannot afford healthcare and this is somewhat challenging for me, but I have already come to the realization that I can not satisfy everyone in the target audience as I will probably be seeing people who speak different languages during my presentation, therefore everything presented will be in English. Another perspective on best practice for my presentation is mentioned in an article by Shanholtzer et al., (2019) titled Tips for Delivering Effective Presentations that talked about enthusiasm, confidence and passion about the topic being presented . All these three characteristics are tied to the energy presenter transfer to the audience and created the ideal environment for presentations. Been passionate and enthusiastic helps-built confidence on the topics being present, if there is a lack of confidence, the audience will be able to notice, so practicing or rehearsing presentation to someone or on your own can help boost confidence, but presenters have to be watchful to not be over-rehearsed. Another tip is the use of stories and examples to engage the audience, using stories helps the audience related to their life experiences; it helps to make the presentation more personal; it also helps keep the audience engage if the story is relatable to them. This last tip is probable one of the most commonly used by registered nurses when we teach the patients we care for since we teach our patients on a daily basis at work and I often times find myself using these methods. One last thing Shanholtzer et al., mentions is a tip to avoid and that is to not read your presentation because this will distract the audience and they will be more prone to just read the content you are presenting rather than pay attention to you. To help you avoid this, maintaining an outline of the presentation is very important to keep you in track with it.
References
- Shanholtzer, B., Thoron, A., & Bunch, J. C. (2019). Tips for Delivering Effective Presentations: AEC674/WC337, 11/2019. EDIS, 2019(6), 4-4.
